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Timeline Of The Near Future

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1. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -






2. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang - South Korea.






3. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.






4. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System






5. With an estimated probability of 0.07% - Apollo asteroid 1999 RQ36 could hit the Earth.






6. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.






7. Copyright on the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons expires.






8. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.






9. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.






10. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.






11. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.






12. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.






13. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (comprising Saudi Arabia - Oman - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Kuwait and Qatar) hope to establish monetary union in this year. FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. 34th America's C






14. Last year which can be represented using the File Allocation Table date format.






15. Triple conjunction Mars






16. Transit of Mercury.






17. Transit of Venus on June 11.






18. Grand Trine of Uranus - Neptune - and Pluto. This last occurred in 1769 and 1770.






19. Sedna overtakes Eris as the farthest known spheroid orbiting the Sun.






20. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.






21. The One country - two systems model between China and Macau will expire.






22. The Voyager program is expected to terminate. Manned mission to the Moon by China.






23. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.






24. The 17th Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto. Spacecrafts New Horizons and Dawn to arrive at the dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres - respectively. Alignment of Earth - Venus and Jupiter. Rugby World Cup held in England and Wales. 2015 Cricket World






25. On December 2 at 12-32 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.






26. The Voyager program is expected to terminate. Manned mission to the Moon by China.






27. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.






28. Return of Halley's Comet.






29. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.






30. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.






31. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.






32. Information on the Falklands War declassified.






33. Cosmic Call 1 will reach its destination - the star Gliese 777.






34. Return of Halley's Comet.






35. Transit of Venus on June 11.






36. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.






37. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.






38. 'First Plutonian anniversary' of the dwarf planet's discovery - given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.






39. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.






40. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.






41. Transit of Venus on June 9.






42. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.






43. FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar.






44. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Russia.






45. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.






46. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (comprising Saudi Arabia - Oman - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Kuwait and Qatar) hope to establish monetary union in this year. FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. 34th America's C






47. Triple conjunction Mars






48. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.






49. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.






50. Triple conjunction Mars